THIS DATE IN WHITE SOX HISTORY: SEPT 7TH/Herrmann, Kessinger, Renko

THIS DATE IN WHITE SOX HISTORY: SEPT 7TH

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1971: Ed Herrmann hit two home runs off future Hall of Famer and 300-game winner Gaylord Perry in the White Sox 8-7 win over Minnesota before 3,707 at Comiskey Park. Herrmann hit a two-run homer in the second and a two-run shot in the fourth..

1972: Dick Allen homered and drove in four and Wilbur Wood picked up his 24th victory in the White Sox 6-0 win over Oakland before 29,968 at Comiskey Park. Allen gave the Sox the lead for good with a sac fly in the first off Vida Blue and then added a three-run homer off Rollie Fingers in the seventh as the club closed to within three games of first-place Oakland.

1977: Steve Renko improved to 3-0 since being acquired from the Cubs in August in the White Sox 5-1 victory at Oakland. Renko pitched into the eighth before getting relief help from Dave Hamilton, who earned his seventh save. The Sox took the lead for good in the second on Don Kessinger's two-run triples.